Weather-joint for hearses



Paie ntad Dec, [7, I90]. 7

w. A. not. WEATHER JOINT FOB HEABSES;

(Application I]!!! it. 18, 1901.)

(I. lodal.) I

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM ALLEN ROE, OF DES MOINES, IOWA.

.WEATHER-JQINT FOR HEARSES.

SPECIFICATIOII formingpart of Letters Patent No. 689,228, dated December17, 1 901.

Application filed March 18, 1901. Serial No. 51,598. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM ALLEN Ron, a citizen of the United States,residing at Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Weather-Joints forHearses; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

, My invention relates to weather-joints for hearses, being designed toprevent the passage of water between the glass sides in the frame of thehearse. It has heretofore been sought to accomplish this result byintroducing a plain rubber strip or gasket between the glass sides andthe wooden panels by which such sides were supported. This wasordinarily suflicient; but in case of the hearse being exposed to asevere rain-storm or being washed by a stream of water the joints werenot sufficiently tight to prevent a penetration thereof by the water,resulting in injury to the trimmings and decorations within the hearse.

I seek in my invention to provide a joint which is absolutely imperviousto the weather under the most trying conditions.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical crosssection of one of the sidesof a hearse-body provided with my invention. Fig. 2 is a detailedperspective of the elastic strip employed in my device. Fig. 3 is anenlarged vertical cross-section thereof in the broken line to m of Fig.2.

1 is the lower side panel, and 2'the upper side panel, of the hearse.The description will be limited to the panel 1 and accompanying parts,such parts being merely duplicated in the upper part of Fig. 1 ininverted position.

The panel 1 is provided on its upper edge with a projection 3, the upperface of which is beveled outwardly. 4 is the usual glass side securedbetween the panels 1 and 2 and joint at each of said points of contact.

the end'panels of the hearse. (Not shown.)

Between the edge of the glass 4 and the pro- I The strip 5 is providedwith an inclined head having an overlapping edge 7, adapted to rest uponthe beveled face of the projection 3 and the upper edge 8 projectedslightly outward in a direction opposite to that of the edge 7, as shownin Figs. 2 and 3. The inner face of the strip 5 is thus renderedslightly concave near the upper edge thereof. When the strip is inposition in the hearse and the glass 4 secured in place, the inner faceof the strip 5 is straightened, as shown in Fig. 1 and in dotted linesin Fig. 3. The distance between the edges 7 and 8 is greatly reduced andthat part of the strip between such edges is contracted, resulting inthe exertion of a force by such contracted portion outwardly upon theedges 7 and 8. This produces a close union between the edge 7 andprojection 3 on the one side and between the edge 8 and glass 4 on theother, insuring a tight The same result could'be procured by having theupper edge of the projection 3 straight in stead of beveled; but thebevel thereof having the edge 7 overlapping and forced against it aidsin preventing the passage of water beneath such edge 7.

The same construction as is shown in the lower part of Fig. 1, as statedbefore, is duplicated in the upper part thereof, and the sameconstruction is likewise employed in the end panels of the hearse.

The use of the device hereinbefore set forth is not limited to hearses,but may be used in other vehicles wherein glass sides are employed or inany place where a watertight joint is required.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is-- 1. In a weather-joint, a flat strip of resilientmaterial 5, having an overturned edge 7 extending downward on one sideof said strip 5, and an upwardly-projecting edge 8 in'teing upward onthe other side or the strip,

gral with saidedge 7, but curved to incline substantially as described.10 t0 the opposite side of the strip 5, substan- In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature tially as described. in presence of two witnesses.

2. In a weather-joint, a flat strip of resili- WILLIAM ALLEN ROE. entmaterial having an inclined head with Witnesses: one edge thereofextending downward on one W. S. ADAMS,

side of the strip and the other edge project- 0. E. BENSH'IGER.

